Team News Riveting
New Delhi, July 20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the pandemic should not be a matter of politics and was a matter of concern for the entire humanity.
Interacting with floor leaders of all parties of both the houses of Parliament, the Prime Minister informed of the trajectory of COVID-19 in India and the Public Health Response to the Pandemic. He added that such a pandemic was not seen in the last 100 years. PM also spoke about the efforts being made to ensure one oxygen plant in every district across the country along with prison.
Modi thanked all leaders for participating in the meeting and giving inputs and suggestions. He added that feedbacks from different parts of the country helped immensely in policy design.
The Prime Minister informed the leaders about the progress of vaccination program and how the first 10 crore doses took around 85 days while the last 10 crore doses were administered in 24 days.
Stressing about the need to properly plan the vaccination drives at the district level, Modi expressed concern that around a significant number of Healthcare workers and Frontline workers were yet to get the vaccine even after 6 months since the drive commenced. He urged that the states need to be more proactive towards this.
A detailed presentation was given by Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan. He informed that as of date, only 8 States have more than 10,000 cases with majority of caseload in the State of Maharashtra and Kerala. Just 5 states have a positivity rate more than 10 per cent.
It was informed that throughout the Pandemic, the Prime Minister held 20 meetings with the Chief Ministers of States while the Union Health Minister held 29 meeting with States. The Union Cabinet Secretary briefed the State Chief Secretaries 34 times while 166 Central Team deployed to aid 33 States/UTs in COVID-19 management.
